For the US to create a domestic energy storage industry that can compete globally, it needs to look beyond today’s dominant technologies.

New York consortium working to accelerate battery tech and manufacturing awarded US$63.7 million through the US Department of Commerce.

Pilot production has been established by an Australian company making lithium-ion battery storage solutions designed for hot climates.

FREYR Battery and Nidec intend to form a JV for the manufacture of battery storage modules and packs.

AMTE Power, a UK-based manufacturer of batteries, has said its new sodium-ion cells are close to being ready to send out into the field for testing and validation.

Fluence’s new Utah facility is part of a wider move by the company to regionalise its production closer to customer markets across the globe, a senior director of manufacturing explained to Energy-Storage.news.

Lithium-ion battery factory serving EV and ESS sectors has opened in New York State which could ramp-up to 38GWh annual production capacity.

The signing of the Inflation Reduction Act by US president Joe Biden has been considered a major step forward for clean energy.

The Inflation Reduction Act should accelerate current efforts to move battery cell production nearer to the US, the senior director of manufacturing for Fluence told Energy-Storage.news.

Turkish group Kontrolmatik Technologies has increased the output of its planned energy storage-focused gigafactory in the US by 50%, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which passed today.